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BACKGROUND:Injury epidemiology fluctuates with economic activity in many countries. These relationships remain unclear in Canada. METHODS:The annual risk of admission for major injury (Injury Severity Score ≥12) to a high-volume, level-1 Canadian trauma center was compared with indicators of economic activity over a 16-year period using linear regression. RESULTS:An increased risk of injured patient admissions was associated with rising mean gross domestic product (GDP [millions of chained 2002 dollars]) (.36 person increase per 100,000 population/$1,000 increase in GDP; P = .001) and annual gasoline prices (.47 person increase per 100,000 population/cent increase in gasoline price; P = .001). Recreation-related vehicle injuries were also associated with economic affluence. The risk of trauma patient mortality with increasing mean annual GDP (P = .72) and gasoline prices (P = .32) remained unchanged. CONCLUSION:Hospital admissions for major injury, but not trauma patient mortality, were associated with economic activity in a large Canadian health care region.
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Am J Surgjournal_title
American journal of surgeryauthors
Roberts DJ,Das D,Mercado M,Vis C,Kortbeek JB,Kirkpatrick AW,Ball CGdoi
10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.12.011subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-05-01 00:00:00pages
653-7; discussion 657-8issue
5eissn
0002-9610issn
1879-1883pii
S0002-9610(14)00068-3journal_volume
207pub_type
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